Record card



B. J. CRAIG RECORD CARD OctQZO, 1925.

' B. J. CRAIG RECORD CARD 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. '7, 1920 E E[[[EE y- 1A.. s .F

l l I 1,557,924 B. J. CRAIG RECORD CARD Oct. 20 1925.

Filed sept. v 1920 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 card itself.

Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

uNilr-EDr 1,557,924?" Mmmm orties., l Y

BURNIE J. came, `or' CLEVELAND, omo. i

RECORD GARD:

Application-filed September 7, .19201. SerialiN. 408,450.'v

T0 all whomfz'z'may. 00m/cem:

Be itzkno-Wn that@ I; BURNIEfJ.' GkMd,;.a.-'. oitizenf. ofv the.' UnitedStates; residingy at Glevelanchin ther` county-of Cuyahoga.and'vaStateof Ohio, haveinvented a certain-.new

and; useful Improvement in. Recordi Cards,-. of'whichxr theA followingfis, afulh clearyand.. .exacts description, reference being= hadtoithe'.ac oo1npanying l drawings.l Thiszinvention relates torecord,.,or:score;f cards for keeping records orstallies of gamesf: or.for similarpurposes.,v A

@ne Aof the4 objectsiszto provides airecordzcard or l indicatorhavingmeansf thereon' fore` iindicating thie: record orl seorefmadefinan numbergofx repeated operations; as` en g; ine golf, the number ofstrokes requiredto makeVJ a; hole or im baseball thernum-beroflhits,`runs, .errors etc., .fmadeby the contestants.. Another Obj eet e ofV theinventionnis 'zto .prof-I Y vide.V a record card having-*definiteindicia.. thereon, sueh, indioiabeing carriedrbyf'thes-` A; furtherobjectxofi the; inventionis to provide in a scorecard meansoperablegtenarw position to indicate the( score.: A? flirt-her objecto-theinventiom isftoprovide afscore'-, card having yaascoring memberoperableA to', a positi'onu showingthe score.l made;4 and .whichscore.,y When registered;` may? be :pre-

vented g from Y. being; accidentally altered.` to( 1 show v.otherv than;thef indicated result.

It is to beunderstoodthatitheembodiel ments i o the.; invention, shown'.nntheaaocomp anying drawings andfdescribed in?A the 'followingspeoiiioation,A is merelyrillustraf. tiveV 4of., some-y of the means bywhich .my in'- ventioncan bev carriedout-,f and I=do inot. Wishto tbelimited to: the;speciticustructure showing,

In' Ithe .accompanyingdrawings; Fiig..xr 1 is a plannvievvl of the;innerblankusedfin mak'z-f ing onetype of rreoordcard; Fig. 2=is1a plan 1.view of the blank or.- formingA outerv-.or

. cover members; 1a. porti-on of fthe folded. inner memberbeingxshovvndndotted lines at the* topi of the ligure; Fig-.B is atransverse sectional view, showing thecompleted record: Card',` maderfrom'the blanks shown-in Figs.-

-' 1 and 2; F 4 is a'vieW similar to Fig. 3 of aslightlj)7 modiliedfornr-o-Yleeord card; Fig. 5 is' a'plan view of ablank'used'in mak'-ving 4 amodified@ fornr of record'v card; f

Fig. 6v illustrates .in .cross section-ablank, l

isf partly. folded; Fig.'y 7 is -1 a crosss section oifthe.; completed?card madeffromi tlrefblankishown in: Fig: 5;; Figs; 85 19fand10. areitransverses sectional: vieWsf of. modiiedf formsofrecord'eards;.Fi`g; 11is afvplan--o of: theuinnermember: of 'a recordV card; l Fig.Pv 121:is.A a cross sectional View. of.r a; in'ishec'li card f ii'icludingy'theeinner 'member shofwnf inl` 14 a cross section 'of' a further.modification 65":- Ff'g, 15:3 isfaf sectional: vievv ofi one#` of` the,elementsf used in making?" the record cards'` shown in Fig-s.`13and14C;-:]3`:i, ;.116 is a plan.. vieWi of'ra' further modification ipartly f oom'- pleted and Fig. 17 is a cross section olf'a70`l completed'card'. of :theetype showninnFigxl Eig-x18 is .'-ax-planfxof a.blanklnsed'fiwmaking aafurther modification; Figs: 19, 20`fand121'illustrate diiferent: steps -1 in 1 the method ofl constructingaazrecord'eard I from .thefrblank 75' shoWnz in; Fig. 18'; Flig. x22.`lshovvsfL coni#4 pleted record card afteribeing partiallyused.l

Referring:r to.l theA drawings: byi reference 2 characters; Ifh'aveshioxvn" in Fig.v 1 a blankf 10i imade; of! paperiior fiother materiali'This 180 blank mayrh'awe: aarectangu-lar' portion 11- having thereon.eitherrintegral therewith or secured.:theretov aff numberrofi tabs-12,'the? number'oiil tabs.lbeing'fgovemedbf the useftof which vthe "card Lisltofrbeput.' The ltabs= are 85l shownl as having rounded endsI132"forafpur;l pose to bepresently;described.. v f

Thefporftionill may also haveltabs let-sejcured'ztllereto.' f

I1n.Fig.=.2 I have-'shown atf2O 1aftypeeof 90 blank?,adapted;y to/cohoperate AwithE xthe blank! shown"inili`i`g. l`in-'mak'ing-a-recordcard'. The blank 203 lias'zflaps 21,- 22,V 23-andf24; formingA `the sides andy f ends.I These# flapsmaybe-vofanyysuitableWidth Iffdesired'95" y aps22,`^23 -and 24.* maybenarrow; While the liapf21'is' shown'substantially of the area ofthe/body 25 of-ftheblank: e

Thef-o'ld line orthe linejiningitheflaps 21,122, 231and724a0-'the body25 cui, 4or "100' scored at 26 to provide notches" through Whio'lr the'tongues or tabs '12"mayextend.

These cuts 'or'notches ymaybe of .any desired.v shape?.y I have shovvnthem in Fig. 2 as being substantially semi-elliptical. The inner.end`il05' of the notches maybe roundedfas at 27 'asl i. have foundV'th'at -the material is lessliable to te'ar if'hoabruptcorners arepresent.l

In construct-ing ,the record .card from= the y blanks-Shown irl-rigs. 1and 2,:u1e tabs 12110 of the blank 10 are folded upon the body 11adjacent. diei Point- -Qf ra t. ere. Withfanid afriag'aii 'foidedatupoil thun# selves as clearly shown in the-assembled reteord card shownin Fig. 3. The tab 14: Will be folded in the'same maiiifr' t`lfe12.

The blank 10 folded as just described placed upon the blank 20 thetongues lying adjacent the body part. 2.5.. Withthe body..

10 parts 11 and 25 of the blanks registering.

` This. .bringsthe endsrlfolf eaohztab. 12 iopposite; a.notch;2.6.intheblnk. The; ends of theY tabsltwvill register.v with thenotehesshownat. ZGiiiLFig. 2. As shown thetop of. Figi... 2 Where ajpart ofzthesuperimposed bla-nk .isi shown ,in dottedlines, they ,notches-26 .maybei. aitriflelarger thanthe ,corresponding end of; the' tabst l2,.whereby the. tabs .need not .be fin... serted inthe. notches; asthefmere: folding..of.` 2Qvmth`e .flaps`21, .22, .et b...o nto the,bqdybrings they i tabs' outside thel f0.1dedLP-.alts-...-Theflaps 2 2.;23g. and 24.a11e their. folded, after. which. the.. fiapi-2l. is"foldedfdin... The fla-ps .maybe secured.` to. the body. .portions or, to.eaeh ,other,

Zffas. desired'..,iv 1l1eblank.20hasa. series .of apertures 3Q;therein.eacllifalgninggin thenished record; card;A ,with aetab(Th'eJajbs numbers,

or, other indicia lther'eon... i

.lni,.uS1;|;ig...thej devieegasgthe ,game ,proa gresses,...each..tab;isgrasped andEv pulledy to.. pSiiO'D; 5.01 that the desired [number .ormark.; indicating the saone. .1na'deyvillregistervith, andfinay be seenthrough, .the aperture;y L .For

' Vdesucnt I'OHiaLQ Athetabs 'for .thedef-i. sited; Humber. Qf,@hamsters 0r.. figures.. .In

. such aiif iev'eiit' the 't'abs' :may bei made longen afi-drained is'stemt-in rig.- 4. g j

part 16 is folded onto the part 16, so that thelpartlfmliesabovethepaurt On the other" tllie tttbsfextndwffirom theloody 11 andoomprise the part 17 overlying the part 16 of the other tabs and thenbeing bent 70 "upon themselves'ft provide the parts 18 ,yvhichextendthrough the cover member.

It Willbe) noted that the effective length of the tabsmay be.approximately twice the Width of the cover member. The cover member is75 shown as provided .With apertures 19 through: Whiehrthe indicia..onQthe tabs. mayv .bezreadii .Inligs ,5., 6.,..and7 lhave shownanother. modificatin'of my ,.invention., 4wherein. the card.. is'madeAoiiasingle .piece .of "material"T 8() comprising sections .31, .and.32,V which form-vv tlie. front andv back, .respectiuely,..of the cardand are'j oined by fold llinesl. to ja `.portion 33. Shown as integral..Withthefrontand. backareaiseries of tabs.tandy .35.. .having 85;.findicia 36 thereon... To make a record card. .froin..itlie: blank,-.shown inFig.. 5, ,thetabs 34. andt are `folded on. ,the .lines s@ .thatthe ...ends thereof J lie above...the...apertures..,lor..holes37.:....'llhel90fI pbrtigns. ilv and. 32 together. -with the,talos,.vvwhich lare new disposed thereon4 .are next folded .on the. lines, 38asshown in dottedI linesin Fig. 6.11 Therparts S10, .3.1.1. .of the.

blanl; '.ar'elthenl .positioned opposite the. portionpf,.to'...v.vh1ch..they may be glued,as. shown ati 40;.510, Eig.. .7..Apertures 312-I pro' l vided on the opposite faces of the card allovv7the yumbers.. on. thetabsto Vbe r'ead'therethrough.k 10o he form..shown:in Fig. i8jthe-cover41 y andthe tabs .4t2 may. be ymadezofonepiece of'.y material. Thetabs.. .instead .of merely-S ertendinggacross..the face a .of vfthe-body, a f single .itime...are,. folded! onthemselves llaIl number of; times..-. 'Ilhe.. tabs do .not exten-dto theinnen portion.tyvvhichlengages thevv backk A.an dis.seured thereto.;.

Suitableapertures for allowing-the indicia on. .the .tabs'ito .be.seenfarel shown atfli. The f1 1:0.

tabs ,are shown. .as eXtensio-nsfrom the body l and integral?therewith.A llhetabsinf-this.y and', allothe'rumodifioations may be yentirely separatefrom one anotheriorwmay be joined*- by Web portions orthe material may-'be -11'5 ,l slitted.,o1f;.otherwise:weakened toallowfthose adjoiningtoghe/moved ,.as. a .unitandA 5to alloiiv` them to,@be ',Withdravvn Without.. diss.

turbiiigadjaeenttabs. Th {reeor card shown,.in .Fig.9. isquite y.similar to tliej, one .lshownin .Eig..f.8 andis..

made fromasingle pieclof material. .Bq.. i ginning gyvithfthe tabs5L-...the materialis; folded lto, provide.- superimposed, ,.layers..From the 6.1.1618 SO .that-abs 51, indicated.at.Y the'inaterial exten-dsupwardly asatl.. and across V,tlieJtol .54.1 .The .topfportion .54.;

, hasapertures therein to allovv'fthe indiciaj onfthe, tabsto .be/read.Fronrthe top 54'.

thejmaterial eXtends downward ..a.t. 56. and. 1.1301

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tion of' the parts toy better ,advantage 1,552,925 thence entirely'across the. back.. `5?- It isfibre. throndiior oordgandtilioitensiQn-.may be@y thon loopt Lon .itsolfat 58;. and 1 ai SeoonfdfSeries. I 0f-tabs-59-.provdod oppositetebs. 51,.

The., dovioe.. Shown. in. Fig.- lQ; is,Y made, of.;-n

f ooo'niooooffmateral. "Themse portion@ his a top 61 intogrolithorowith,andfoxtend? ing, from, the topx isI another pqzjtion 6,2 shownoogluoflet6,7 for. .a partofftslongth.. to thegsjaid,A p'at't 60.2. Av seriesVovffvtgibs 6 3 extend from. thoportion; 62. and these' are.I bont.. upontlieiinsolvosft 6&6 ie-extend; out., from. the.. body of f the,` Soore.through Slots. as shownat 64. Suitable, apertures 6,5, are ]g ,10vicleil.y to allow thelgindieiai toloel seen. Adhesive shown atmay serve toimite the loyors@ and 6Ly vAll ,the record ,oa-,rds are, Ishownashgigving considerable thickness but tlifiisvishdueL tothe foot.. thatI desire. .to .Show. the, relativo/Posi- As a, matter of f2i-ot`= the irecord; Cards, A may. loo., quito thin... Tbov i may. .be .110.; thickerthan. the thickness, 'of y the.. 11.1.1,1io4beiA of. nooesery; loyersof. Popo? Tho Sido po.rti'o1is forin-i.

stamm,A the patrias.` indicated ati 53,I 5,6 iin ,FimA

9 could. be, no .thiokoi thii mes@ creased' folcLofpapor Y A In, Figs.l11221115112@ further. moflioation. is shown wvliereinwthe tabs 70 arecutfrom ,thegmember 7l." The saicltabsnre, notxre-L movelwvhen; out, in,faotlthey. may be, u1;1j]t g4i| with the 11min..portion7.1,loiv-nintegral parte., 72, ii`,desi1e,l.l 'Afterc the t-abs-a1j'eweiltf0r...Scored, o fronti and a-ibaokY-l; hvihg. apertures througlifwvhohtheimloie on the.. tabsmay be, seen, is placed;aboiitthehbqfly. and tabportoiisand moybouitably Seour'od; to allow the tabs tobeWitlfiglj;avvii..l

The .material vom which: 'the bodvf?,1V-.omi

board ,i having the neessary charatei'is as 'regardsstook Weight fondfinish.' i

The reooxrcLcarl, showninligs', 13411161 14, is made byffolding a stripofmfaterial SQQ to .the form yShown in Fig. 155 Whoieloykl a Series ofpockets 8,1,y 82 are. formed. jon. .opp.o,, site sides of thestrip.Intoeaeh pocket 21,; pail?, of taibs' 83l having, .Suitable indicia.,89;. thereon are placed. A suitable illeijmlernben may be provided .fortheend. '.pookets 85 and over tliestri),anni.,insertedzibsa oove1t86 iSplaced; The covoilmziybe secured in such' mannenasto,allow.thejtapstoloei drawn out .from lboth .\si des Thedinclicizis89,.

; on the ,tabs maw A be, readfthrough .apertures SZ l in the.face1.88,-of.theoiitoitloovoig the opera] tures extending through;:thekstrip ,SQv of theJ tabs, Wherever necessary, f 1

I have shown in .Ffgs 16,- and k17in'reoorfl card having .a body..portion QQUa'nl lKupon;

this adjacentIt pairs, Offtabs., 91; may-'be seciired. Thetalisaelshowxnl,as heldim position Joystitehngf92, 92`21=Ch Stimm bpgf Shown.as. Spannng-lo1ioab. Thomaterlel lusedI in formingthefstitehesnigty,beinetgil onl adjusted, Soihafti tho tiibsore.V`heldfrmlyin pleo@ but ot the SameL tiiiieiilayL he.- pulled` out,esilioSoore` S.1i.Sed-z Over the tabs a cover sheet 93 mayv be; Sooiuoohond.; ifa- ,dosirod anothoixheot 94 niziy, be applied.g to., the bodyQQ, f on., its, face, opposite ithoioowhioh .tliotibs are seemed;Sxiitable apertures., will, he providedv!l in, oneA oovoix Shootfto.allow thoiridcizi. 0.1.1 ihostobs to, ibofroad- Thofoovor; Sheetsfi29e-may Aloo. seogged to thehqcly 9i() byvadiliesive .as lshown.;at..,`il'

v In Eig li I2 hoyo-.Shown o. lolam, from Whioli iigi'oooid.. oordSimilar. tooiio Silfwii.1 in Figo, 1 toi-.4:1 mov-bio; ioiooiioodrooia.siii-gio' piooio of-g miiorioh The bloiikl ooiiiz. prise? of bofiv.Per?, loouhoviiigf on, the ion ood. .the bottom tliorooi espoir of;flops .1011., lQZshowns ofthe,saintie-L aree tithe body ai'e shQWn,

lines ing'E-g; 119.j

ter; {Ilheiuppermost i"tabs-H112 areffshownff'as having lbeen LWithdraWnto I presentv the de: sired `number and then torn of?. f Other v ta-bs114 are shown as vvithdrai/vnv but--thej-endfnot removed f l l Y; 1

ViIf desiredyin versely `to lfacilitate their removal? a'ftearegwithdraW/n Vfoto operative;` gpositiom.; --Uponl the recordpica'rd Imayprint suitable -,advertisements,x instructions, rules, -or anymettervi-.Which may be desiredf In any modifications of my inventioninlieu' of the 1"aperimredviewing portions for mallowing the .find-iciavonthewtabstoVlr be read, I may providea transparent strip, or a nufml; berof 1 transparent portions; which may cover rthe apertures Aorfmayf beintegral .With the' body; Eof `the recordfcard. f --Iff the f trans; 1;20 "parent portion is: to zbezcintegral the' fmat'eri'al may befy'similar gto'thatused7 ina Window v" or@ outlook"'envelopes':in I havefound' @the ruse' f' of :such transparentr-vievving portionsrtosbe ydesirable"ii someinstancesf-f'fr-'f5 *'f' lTherecordbard;*or:aipart'therebf-'na-y, iff' desired=,1:b.e"made" from paper, 'l orother' f ma? afte'rforfchanging tHe-record registered". fifi 3. t r'rebord 'card' comprising a'body hav-'f Y ingislits falong'reaclr sideandy-h'avinginovable A'tabs projectingf'irom said' s1its,.""sn'd"l tabsand"'having: indicating chz iraoters"` thereon', said card' 'havingaperturesI inthe ace' there-1 of arranged so @that "the'eharaeters' onrsaid 60" 'tabs` inay "be Y'broiight; Eiiitoff registration f vlWith f 4a-Iily embodinient ventionshovvmw-I `may weaken ithj'tabs tramp? hr y.A

fronnfeachf tabhaving*numbers-1thereon,4

proj eetingibeyond the side of the-bodyf-part and havingindioiagthereonysaid'cover partf 1, having apertures therein, andi said;tabs hav injg characters thereon adapted -to-be brought intoHregistration -W1ith fsaidf apertures f by 70 movementofeaeih-ofsaid--tabsri 1' 95. record 'card''comprisingH af bod-y part l 1having@ a lplurality oft-absl projeotinf ;fther'ev folded Within thevbody; part and! thevv num bers being- Aarranged sothat as thetab isfWithdrawn, fthe' numbers will' bepresented beneath4 the' viewing I-a1'eas,. the t -endL of the 80 tab being adapted to be torn foffwhereby the -v record may. be:- prevented i' fromA beingaccidentlygaltered. I Y v.

6.a Are`cordl card-.comprising za body-partl and a cover partfsaidj bodypart-oon 1pris851A ing a jvcentralportion having-a; pluralitywoftabs fthereon; said tabs havin-g suitablevin;v dicia l. thereon, saidcovenpart comprising a centraleportionwiapsf on'fsaid-.oentral 'ponltion,J there' Vbeing apertures in the coverpart. 90"

thriwwhchfthe tabs project, -saidl central;`

ortion being provided with apentureslthrufwhich the. indicia-on the tabsmay -be read. JZ.- `Themethod o making Ha reoordy card Y comprisesfold-ing .the tabs to4 lie* upon the body portion, then ifoldingxtheendsr of theA bedy-v portion and thev par-tof the tabs there-Vonf-'onto' the remainderyof `rthebod-y portion,

thenl -o1d1ingthe) -f saidf remainder of the 100 body 4portionto formfacentral portionl andtwo side portions-, and securing -Gerftain otsaidportions-together..-f

8; #A Arecord :card: comprising -a single piece ofumaterialI out VJtovform4 a-bodyfpart; and105^ aV plurality; of tabs, saidinmaterialbeing*lfolded to provide --in order van outenbackH portion, va.l side-yportion, -a f top portionff a second side fportionandvan f inner backpor-:- f t back portion, parts of said-material having slitsiy thereinand 5 the ta-jbs being arranged;- toghave their end Nportionsextendingthrough;

,1 I .w Y @QufArecordc ot material out-to` orma; body part and ayLA fplurality of tabs, said material-being -olded i to.providev in; orderga.seriespfF tabs atk fonel l l side,- anfjinner fback-fportion, anouterbackl second side portion, and: a series-of ltabs op-1 "f posite saidfirst', series of tabs,l parts ofi said material having,A slits-,thereinand ,thetabsibeingarranged toh-ave their' endxpoj-.rltionshextendingnthroughithe slits.-v -f 1 f-,1O.reeord'.cardfcoinprising;4 a- Isinglef v pieoeyof-fmaterialcut to formaf bodypart andgiaplurality--oftabs, saidflmateriaLbe-J ing* oldedwt@provide. :nfiorder an 0.111181 superimposed" 'on anothery part; said 3tabs "lbaolr portion, .a top-portion, aninnerbackflBO' ion, 'saidl tabs`being secured ljto lsaid innerfll'O ard comprising af'single pieee '1151portion, and a series of tabs projecting from between said portions,parts of said material having slits therein and the tabs being arrangedto have their end portions extending through the slits.

ll. A blank for a record card comprising a body part having a pair offlaps integral therewith, and of the same size as said body part, one ofsaid iiaps having a 10 series of integral tabs at each side thereof,

said tabs being spaced apart and having indicia thereon, another pair offlaps 0n the body part, said flaps having apertures therein adjacenttheir line of juncture with the body, and said body part havingapertures therein in line With the apertures in the flaps.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiix my signature.

BURNIE J. CRAIG.

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